Whitehaven and District Canine Association - Supported Entry

The Border Terrier Club are offering:
£15 for Best of Breed
£10 for Best Opposite Sex to Best of Breed
£10 for Best Puppy in breed
as well as special rosettes and prize cards.
8 classes of Border Terriers:
Puppy Dog, Junior Dog, Post Graduate Dog and Open Dog.
Puppy Bitch, Junior Bitch, Post Graduate Bitch and Open Bitch

Postal entries close Friday, 15 February 2019 and On-line entries close midnight Sunday 24 February 2019.
Schedule, entry form and form to enter on line at Fosse Data website here

BTC Open Show, 20th October, Low Hesket

Gall Bladder/Biliary Mucocoele

We
have received a letter from Mark Dunning, a veterinary specialist
working for the Willows Veterinary Group and a Clinical Associate
Professor in Small Animal Internal Medicine at the School of Veterinary
Medicine and Science, University of Nottingham. He and some colleagues
have an interest in Gall Bladder Mucocoele (GBM) in Border Terriers.
His letter is self explanatory and below is a link to the on-line
questionnaire mentioned in his letter.

Border Terriers 2020

BOOK OF CHAMPIONS 2000 - 2019 inclusive

The Border Terrier Club is to produce a Book of Champions, to follow on from the previous two Books, which
were edited by Jayne Gillam. This will be one of our highlights for the
celebrations of the Club's 100th Anniversary in 2020 and the book will consist
of photographs, pedigrees and other information about each of the Border
Terrier UK Champions made up during the 20
years from 2000 to 2019 inclusive.
Please click here for more information.

The
Club's Judges List is revised annually and we request that
Applications/Updates are to be received no
later
than the 31st August for consideration each year. Please send completed
questionnaire form to Kathy Wilkinson, Peel House, Edmondsley, Durham, DH7 6DL.

Full details of the
criteria and the questionnaire form can be found using the links below

Following requests from members and Committee, we are
grateful to the Animal Health Trust ("AHT"), liaising with the Border
Terrier Breed Health Group, for a 10% discount to be made available on
the AHT SLEM Test to all members of the seven Border Terrier breed
clubs.

The code is available to Border Terrier Club members on
request from the Secretary and when this is entered at checkout online,
it will give the 10% discount on the test.

The usage will be monitored by AHT and the continuing availability of the discount will be reviewed in due course.

Diamond Wedding Anniversary

The
President of the Border Terrier Club, Ronnie Irving, presented Pat and
Brian Baxter with a gift from the Club at the National Terrier show, to
celebrate their Diamond Wedding Anniversary which took place in
February 2018. Many congratulations to Pat and Brian on their 60 years
together.

BTC Discover Dogs Leaflets

The
leaflets published annually by The Border Terrier Club for the Discover Dogs
stand at Crufts can be downloaded using the PDF links below:

Letter to the Kennel Club

Please click hereto read letter sent to the Kennel Club from the Border Terrier Club on subject:
"Objections to the implementation of the Judges Competency Framework"

Kennel Club News Release

NEW RESEARCH REVEALS PREVALENCE OF HEALTH CONDITIONS IN UK’S DOG POPULATIONLarge
scale study published on disorders in 192 Kennel Club recognised breeds
will help to improve health of Britain’s much-loved pedigree dogs